SIGNATURE OF SUPERNOVA NEUTRINO FLAVOR MIXING IN WATER CERENKOV DETECTORS

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作者
QIAN, YZ
FULLER, GM
机构
[1] Department of Physics, 0319, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0319
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 49卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.49.1762
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We study supernova neutrino burst signals in large water Cerenkov detectors, examining the effects of mixing between nu(e) and either nu(mu) or nu(tau), and taking account of charged current nu(e), capture on oxygen in the detector. We show that the characteristic count rates and angular distributions from supernova neutrino-induced events can depend sensitively on the degree of neutrino flavor mixing. This sensitivity results from the different average energies expected in supernova models for nu(e) on the one hand and nu(mu), and nu(tau) on the other, the steep increase in the O-16(nu(e),e-)F-16 cross section with neutrino energy, and the backward-peaked nature of the exit channel electron in this reaction. Neutrino flavor-mixing effects would be identifiable in the super Kamiokande detector for the neutrino burst of a galactic supernova.
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页码:1762 / 1770
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